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Sunday, March 4, 2012

Plant Cell Cake

Woke up at 7am to take Kyle to his early soccer match, which
was only 20 minutes away in Brentwood. I
was prepared with long sleeved running shirt and gloves, and once I found
someone to watch my jacket (keys and wallet), I took to a leisurely run. There is something about those early morning
runs, where I have more energy or just feel like it’s an easier run. 5 miles around the Brentwood soccer fields
and I could have gone longer except I didn’t want to miss the start of the
game.

Kyle’s team played ok, but for some reason just could not get
it together. Their opponent, Mattituck,
a team they have beaten several times before seemed more determined. In the end, Mattituck took the lead, and
finished with a 2-1 win. That’s how it
goes sometimes. They are playing indoor
soccer (Futsal) tonight…is there too much soccer ?

Luke and Sue baked a cake, which is the basic building block
of his science project. He needs to
create a model of an Animal or Plant Cell.
This is a project that not only looks good, but tastes good too. Once out of the shower, Luke and I go to the
store from some food dye. We decided
that different colored icing would be a good idea to differentiate the
structures of the cell. Decorating went
well, and the cake is ready to make its way into school tomorrow.

This day in history “The first session of the U.S. Congress is held in New York City as
the U.S. Constitution
takes effect. However, of the 22 senators and 59 representatives called to
represent the 11 states who had ratified the document, only nine senators and
13 representatives showed up to begin negotiations for its amendment.”

I could dedicate a whole blog on U.S. Congress and where it has gone in
recent years. Let’s just say it seems
less impressive now than when it was first formed.

We get to the HS for Kyle’s futsal playoff game, and the team they should be
playing is a no-show. Instead of having
the team leave, they scrimmage against a slit MC United team. It was nice to see them fool around and have
fun. I am sure they miss goofing off and
fooling around as much as we as parents liked watching them.